DID YOU KNOW?

In 2 Maccabees 7, a young man put to death for refusing to eat pork speaks to the king as he dies. What does he tell him?

The answer

"For you there will be no resurrection to life." Near death, he says he cherishes "the hope God gives of being raised again by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life!" (2 Maccabees 7:14). He is the fourth of seven brothers to die.

Why it’s interesting

2 Maccabees was written in Greek in the late 100s BC. Through the chapter, the mother and her sons speak of rising again for those who keep God's law, and of eternal punishment for those who do not.

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